4 killed, many injured after train travelling from town bordering India set on fire
At least four people were killed and many injured after suspected arsonists set on fire a passenger train coming from the port town of Benapole, bordering India, in the country's national capital on Friday, two days ahead of Bangladesh's...
NCP’s Jitendra Awhad booked for remarks on Ram
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Awhad has been booked at a police station in Mumbai over his controversial remarks on Lord Ram, police said on Friday. As per police, a case has been registered against Awhad at the MIDC...
India records 761 Covid cases, 12 deaths in 24 hrs
India on Friday recorded 761 fresh COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths due to the viral disease, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country came down marginally to 4,334 from 4,423 on Thursday,...
Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani as India’s richest man
Mumbai: After a roller-coaster ride on the wealth rankings last year, Gautam Adani is back to being Asia's wealthiest person days after the Supreme Court said no new probes were needed into Hindenburg Research's bombshell allegations against the tycoon's conglomerate. Adani's...
Dawood Ibrahim’s properties to be auctioned today
Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's childhood house and three other properties owned by his family in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri are set to be auctioned on Friday. The four properties -- all agricultural land--owned by Ibrahim's family are located in Mumbake village....
ED raids company of Sharad Pawar’s grand nephew
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched premises of Baramati Agro, a company owned by MLA Rohit Pawar, grand nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, and linked entities as part of a money laundering probe in the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative...
Maha Cabinet nod for OPS to State employees who joined service after Nov 2005
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal that offers an option of availing the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to the State Government employees who joined the service after November 2005. The decision comes days after the government as...
Encounter breaks out in J-K’s Shopian
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday, police said. Acting on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Chotigam area of the south Kashmir district, the security...
NCP leader Awhad’s “Lord Ram was non-vegetarian” comment triggers row
Mumbai/Shirdi: Days before the mega Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya to be attended by top leaders, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jitendra Awhad has provoked a controversy with his comment that "Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian". However, the NCP...
2 arrested for bomb threat to Ram temple, Adityanath
Two people were arrested on Wednesday for a social media post which threatened to bomb Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and blow up Ayodhya's Ram temple in a blast, officials said. A team of Uttar Pradesh's Special...
Y S Sharmila likely to join Congress today
Y S Sharmila, founder of YSR Telangana Party, is likely to join the Congress in New Delhi on Thursday, sources said. Sharmila arrived in the national capital on Wednesday night. A "very eminent personality" will join the party...
5 Covid deaths in 24 hours, 511 JN1 cases
The Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) under the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported five deaths due to Covid in the last 24 hours in the country. A total of 511 cases of the JN.1 series variant have...
SC backs SEBI clean chit to Adani Group in Hindenburg case, no SIT probe
New Delhi: In a huge victory for the Adani Group, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the report by the OCCRP -- an organisation funded by billionaire George Soros, among others -- can't be the basis for doubting the capital...
Comedian Rakesh Bedi Falls Victim To Cyber Fraud Of Rs 85,000 By FAKE Army Official
Rakesh Bedi, a comedian-actor has claimed that he was duped by a fake army member when he tried to sell his apartment in Pune, an official said on Tuesday. The alleged army guy is identified as Aditya Kumar, who replied...
Pass Maratha quota resolution by Jan 20: Jarange to govt
Maratha quota agitation activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday urged the Maharashtra government to fulfil the community's demand for reservation by passing a resolution to that effect by January 20. If that is done, then the members of the community do...
12 killed as bus collides with truck in Assam
At least 12 people were killed and around 30 others injured on Wednesday in a head-on collision between a coal-laden truck and a bus in Golaghat district of Assam, police said. The accident took place at Balijan near Dergaon this morning...
Truckers call off strike in Maharashtra’s Nashik
Truck drivers protesting against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run road accidents, called off their strike in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Tuesday after the local authorities assured to look into their demands. The agitation by...
PM in Tiruchirappalli to gift Rs 20k cr projects
PM Modi arrives at Tiruchirappalli to inaugurate multiple development projects worth more than Rs 19,850 crores. He was received by Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, Chief Minister MK Stalin and MoS L Murugan. Tiruchirappalli has been decked up with heightened...
India logs 22% increase in Covid-19 cases
In the last week of the year 2023, India recorded a 2 per cent rise in COVID-19 cases, with the tally in the past 24 hours nearing the 850 cases mark for the first time in seven months. As per a...
In a first, New Year celebrated at Lal Chowk
Braving sub-zero temperatures, hundreds of locals and tourists thronged the iconic Ghanta Ghar at Lal Chowk on New Year's eve in Srinagar. As the Sun set over 2023 for the last time, the refurbished Ghanta Ghar square started to come alive...
ISRO launches satellite to study black holes
A PSLV rocket carrying a total of 11 satellites including ISRO's X-Ray polarimeter satellite lifted off from a spaceport in Sriharikota on Monday. ISRO's maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite would offer insights into celestial objects like black holes. The PSLV-C58 rocket,...
